[Coco] Basic09 versions

[Wayne Campbell]

Thanks, Bill. That's as good a confirmation as I could hope for. All of
this is being filed away under tidbits for the Basic09 Technical Reference
that I am still working on. I hope to have that ready for publication in
the next year.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Wayne, I'm looking at my master copy right now, definitely not a flippy.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 12:33 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Basic09 versions
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> I seem to recall flippies being double sided disks that had a
> write-protecttab on both sides, and you had to flip the disk over in a
> single-sideddrive to access the other side... hence the name "flippy". Am
> Imis-remembering this?On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com>wrote:> Wayne, I had 2 copies of L1 Basic09 over
> time, and I don't remember either> being a flippy. I know RS never did
> fully support flippies... then they'd> had to admit their drives were
> double sided and explain why they never> updated Basic for double
> sides.>>>>>> Bill Pierce> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't
> stop going, no way to> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull>> My Music
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> Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer
> Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>> Sent: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 12:23 am>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Basic09 versions>> That is definitely the Level 1
> version. It would be good to have a copy> inwhatever repository is current.
> Can you tell me if you remember> theoriginal floppy being a flippy? I have
> heard before that it had some> fileson the opposite side, but I never
> thought about that when I had my> Level 1system.On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:01
> PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <> coco at maltedmedia.com>wrote:> Wayne, I have a
> disk image labeled> "Basic09_1.0.0.dsk", and on it are> BASIC09, INKEY,
> RUNB, & GFX (no> directories). When run it displays (level> 1, hence all
> uppercase):>>> BASIC09> RS VERSION 01.00.00> COPYRIGHT 1980 BY MOTOROLA
> INC.> AND> MICROWARE SYSTEMS CORP.> REPRODUCED UNDER LICENSE> TO TANDY
> CORP.> ALL> RIGHTS RESERVED>> I'm pretty sure it's the same one you are
> referring to. I> remember SYSCALL> was in the manual and you had to
> assemble it with asm> yourself.>> I probably copied the disk image from my
> master disk before my> drives went> out.> I can upload the disk to
> Guillaume if needed.>>>> The> manual is already in the
> colorcomputerarchive:>> http://www.> colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/
> Documents/Manuals/Programming/>> BASIC09%20Programming%
> 20Language%20Reference%20Manual%20-%20Revision%20H%>>
> 20(Microware%20System%20Corp).pdf>> It is copywritten 1980-1984>>>>>
> Bill> Pierce> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going,
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> ooogalapasooo at aol.com>>>>>> -----Original Message-----> From: Wayne>
> Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>> To: CoCoList <coco at maltedmedia.com>>
> Sent:> Tue, Jun 6, 2017 10:02 pm> Subject: [Coco] Basic09 versions>> For a
> long> time I have known this, but have not been able to prove it.> WhenI
> first> got into the CoCo it was a CoCo2 Korean model and OS-9 Level 1.>
> Ialso had> the Level 1 Basic09. When I got my CoCo3 and OS-9 Level 2,>
> Icompared the> two versions of Basic09. There were only 3
> differences.Level> 14K default> buffer size01.00.00 version number in the
> display text at the> top of the> moduleCRC was not the same as Level 2
> Basic09Level 28K default> buffer> size01.00.01 version number in the
> display text at the top of the>> moduleCRC was not the same as Level 1
> Basic09I have never found a disk>> image of the Level 1 Basic09 disk. It
> was soldseparately from OS-9 Level> 1.> I have found the Dragon version of
> Basic09Level 1 (version 01.00.00),> but> it has a different display text
> from theCoCo version.I had all but> given up> hope of ever finding a copy
> of the CoCo Basic09Level 1 disk (or> an image).> Today I was thinking about
> it, and decided toso some searching.> Lo and> behold, I found what appears
> to be a pristinecopy for sale on EBay.> The> description says "untested",
> but the disk andmanual and box look brand> new!> There are 3 photos. The
> middle photo is acloseup of the disk in its> sleeve.> The lower left
> portion of the exposeddisk shows the version> number> 01.00.00.I want this!
> It is for sale for $89.99 or best offer, and> the> shipping isonly $3.61. I
> have enough cash, but I don't have a credit> card.> There are 5people
> watching it, and the time left is 19 days, 20> hours. No> one has madean
> offer yet. If I can get my friend to use his> card, I am> going to buy
> ittoday. Once I have it, I will need to know if> someone on> this list is
> herein Los Angeles and can make an image of the> disk, and> possibly scan
> themanual without destroying it. Then I can add> them to the> archive and
> wewill have the original Basic09 and manual to go> with the> Level 1
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